The people of the Shangyi Bureau came to spread the word, saying that Queen Wu had such a meaning at the beginning of the year, to choose a group of stable and outstanding among the newly selected palace maids this year, first ask the famous teachers to teach music and dance, and then follow the six internal bureaus to experience for a while, and finally the skills in all aspects are really outstanding, and they should be divided into the bedrooms and mansions of several princes to take care of things.

Although it was not explicitly said, the meaning was already obvious, both inside and outside the palace privately said that Empress Wu was looking for suitable wives and concubines for several princes and expanding the backyard. Those famous ladies also got the news early, so they deliberately squeezed into this batch of selected palace maids.

Empress Wu is a typical pragmatist, reflected in the matter of choosing a wife and concubine for her son, she is not enthusiastic about marrying the daughters of those high-ranking families, rather than providing a girl who is not useful, it is better to choose a few competent and capable, even if it is just a plump body and good birth, it is also good.

Now the four princes born by Empress Wu are all adults, only the crown prince Li Hong and the sixth prince Li Xian have established concubines, and in addition, there is not even a side concubine or concubine with a head and a face.

The girls in Xinlan Courtyard were so excited that their eyes lit up. In their opinion, Empress Wu's position is stable, the position of the crown prince has been decided, and there is a rare brotherhood between several princes, so it is ideal to be such a princess.

Only You'an became more and more anxious when she heard the news. The new palace maids are no better than those palace maids who have already been sent on errands, and the opportunities for contact with outsiders are very limited, if the person who peeps at the secret documents is indeed in the Xinlan Courtyard, and people come and go during the selection, it is the best opportunity for this person to pass on the news. As long as the news is sent out of Xinlan Courtyard, it will be completely out of their tracking and control, and then if the inner ghost calms down and no longer has any action before being dispatched, the pot of peeping secrets can only be taken by You'an himself.

No wonder that when she relied on the Spring Palace amulet in her hand that day and deliberately said that she wanted to think about it, Li Dan was not in a hurry at all, he had already calculated it, and You'an had to beg him after all, begging him in a low manner.

You'an sprinkled the contact charm left by Li Dan in a drainage ditch in Xinlan Courtyard, and waited for the evening calmly, waiting for the overexcited girls to fall asleep one by one.

I don't know what time it was, You'an heard a strange and long birdsong from outside the courtyard, which was the code that Li Dan had made an appointment with her. She hurriedly sat up lightly, carefully pulled her hand out of the quilt, and moved out of the house step by step. ran straight out of more than a dozen steps, and saw Li Dan sitting on the big stone next to the palace road with one leg in the distance, so he slowed down his pace.

She tried her best to step on the dignified and steady steps, made a well-behaved and obedient salute in front of Li Dan, and said softly: "Your Highness, the servant was offended a lot yesterday, you have a lot of nobles, please don't worry about the servant." Even she didn't know that this low-eyed and pleasing look was like two completely different people from yesterday's cunning.

Li Dan squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "It's serious, inside the palace, Lone can't slap you to death with one palm, Lone hasn't figured out how to get out, and he hasn't figured out how to explain to the queen mother, and it's even more inconvenient to destroy the corpse." ”

You'an knew that his anger had not subsided, and he squeezed out a flattering smile in his heart according to the flattering slave he had seen on weekdays, worshipping high and stepping on low, and squeezed out a flattering smile: "Your Highness said that it was funny, if Your Highness wants to kill the servant, where is the need to do it yourself, as long as His Highness has a look, the servant will find a quiet place by himself and cut it off, and after he dies, he will dig a pit and bury himself to ensure that he will not add a little trouble to His Highness." ”

Li Dan has heard a lot of all kinds of flattery since he was a child, but no one has ever been able to say it so clearly. He leaned back with his hands on his back, waiting to hear what else she could say, without the slightest intention of letting go.

You'an's eyes rolled a few times, and suddenly flattened his mouth and said: "Your Highness, the servant is clumsy and clumsy, and at this moment I feel that a thousand words can't express the servant's reverence for you. ”

Li Dan's face did not move, but a sneer burst out of his throat. He has read countless people, but he has never seen a girl who can change her face so quickly, like a cat he saw one day in the East Market, whose front foot had just smashed his master's precious porcelain, but the eyes on his back foot were so innocent that they could drip water.

He spoke slowly: "Tell me, what do you want to ask for Lonely?" ”

Hearing that he was finally relieved, You'an let out a sigh of relief, thinking about what to say next. She knew in her heart that Li Dan was also taking advantage of this question to test her to see how much her life was worth.

"Your Highness," she said thoughtfully, "your previous proposal, the maidservant has thought it through, and it is perfect and thoughtful. If His Highness doesn't dislike the servant's stupidity, the servant is willing to be a bait for His Highness again. It's just that there is a small problem, the maid does not have the right paper in his hand, and the maid needs the help provided by His Royal Highness, which is just a piece of paper. ”

There are strict regulations on the paper used in palace Chinese books, nine and twelve kinds, each corresponding to a special purpose. Due to the cumbersome process and high cost, these papers cannot be taken at will, and they cannot be easily purchased on the market, so they can only be withdrawn from the Right Collection Office after they have been registered for use. Individual pieces of paper used for special appointments are also marked with a unique emblem and are never repeated.

Ordinary paper, whether it is to lure the enemy or to plant a false accusation, is not enough, and it is necessary to use a piece of yellow rattan paper for correspondence between royal nobles.

Li Dan stared at her for a long time, the corners of his mouth slowly opened, revealing a smile with a fatal temptation: "Gu suddenly felt that it seemed that you should reevaluate your value." Tomorrow night, Lone will show you the way to get paper. ”

"You have great courage," he said, "I hope that your mind is worthy of your guts." ”